Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager
Active installs90,000+ rounded
Current authorPremio
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release12 days ago 27 Oct 2026
Support20 / 20 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record119
Rating5.0 /5 · 1,525
Added to directory01 May 2015
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Premio throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| galdub | 70 | 07 Feb 2019 | 24 Jun 2022 |
| premiocommit | 40 | 18 Aug 2020 | 21 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 90,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
6,746 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 18% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 30,604/day31 Oct 2026
11 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 5.0. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 24 Jun 2026 and 17 Sep 2026: 17 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Over the past three months, 6 of 17 reviewers call Folders easy to use, describing it as ergonomic, simple, or the most user-friendly folder plugin they have tried. 5 of 17 focus on media library and gallery organization, crediting it with keeping large sets of images sorted inside WordPress's standard uploads structure. 2 of 17 single out support, including one reviewer whose refund was processed quickly after the team confirmed a technical limitation. 2 of 17 reviewers say they compared Folders against other plugins and found it worked better or was worth recommending over the alternatives.
- 6 of 17 describe Folders as easy to use, ergonomic, or user-friendly. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 5 of 17 focus on organizing the media library or image galleries specifically. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 2 of 17 single out the support team for praise. [1] [2]
- 2 of 17 say Folders compared favorably to other plugins they had tried. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 20 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 779 | 2,036 | 2,012 | 2,232 | 1,776 | 29,793 | 2,196 | 1,245 | 2,370 | 1,938 | 30,140 | 7,093 | 2,240 |
| Ratings total | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,524 | 1,524 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,525 |
| Version | 3.2.8 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.9 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 |
| Support threads | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Threads resolved | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (90,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory11 years ago 01 May 2015
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 27 Oct 2026, 12 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 20 of 20 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 8 other plugins, 8 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 27 Oct 202612 days agoVersion 3.3.0 released
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoVersion 3.2.9 released
- 14 Oct 202625 days agoVersion 3.2.8 released
- 13 Oct 202626 days agoVersion 3.2.7 released
- 08 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 3.2.6 released
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 3.2.5 released
- 02 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 3.2.4 released
- 29 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 3.2.2 released
- 09 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.2.0 released
- 02 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.1.9 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 18 May 20266 months agoVersion 3.1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 05 May 20266 months agoVersion 3.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 01 May 20266 months agoVersion 3.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 28 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 3.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 15 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 3.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 06 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 3.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 11 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 16 May 202518 months agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 09 May 202518 months agoVersion 3.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 07 May 202518 months agoVersion 3.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 28 Apr 202518 months agoVersion 3.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 17 Apr 202519 months agoVersion 3.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by premiocommit.
- 07 Feb 20197.5 years ago97 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 07 Feb 2019 and 02 Apr 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 01 May 201511 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Premio for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 12 days ago (27 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,525 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 20 of 20 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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